Improved chair and desk



. this specification.

cnAncEY E. SHERMAN, or TROY, Yoan;v

IM'PROVED CHAIR AND D ESK.

Specification forming part of .'Letters Patent No. 68.6459, datedSeptermber 10, 1867.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, OHANGEY B. SnEmnAN,V of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and'State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Chair and Desk Combined and I do hereby-declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,

' reference being hereby had to the accompanying drawings, which form and make a part of Like letters represent and refer to like or corresponding parts.

Figure 1 is'a perspective view of a chair containing iny invention and improvements,

each more fuIIyhereinafter described and set forth. Fig. 2 is also a perspective view of a` chair, showing the desk ortable B thrown down in a perpendicular position by the side of the chairA, as the same would be when not in use, substantially as hereinafter describedand specitied. Fig-3 is a view showing the. desk B, arm C, and also showing the ball-and-socket joint D E, by which the said I desk B is fastened or attached to the 4chair A, substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter described and set forth. Fig. 4 is a View of the desk or table B, showing, the construction thereof, asl hereinafter fully described and set forth. VFig.5 is also a view of the desk B and arm G,`showing the same as it would appearwhen dropped down by the side of the chair, as at Fig.`2, afs-hereinafter describedand set forth. Fig. 6 is a view of the arm G, showing the ball D on the endy thereof,'which lits into the socket E, iu the manner and for the purposes herein described and set forth.

y The lnature of iny said invention and vimprovements consists in attaching a desk or table to a chairor other seat by means of the arm C, or its equivalent, which is connected to and withl the said chair byineans of the ball-andsocket joint D E, in such a manner that the said desk or tableB may be shiftedat pleasureV fromtheposition shown at Fig. 1 to thats-howfii'atFig. 2, substantially in the manner and 4for the purposes hereinafter fully described and set forth. y

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention relates to make and use the same, I lwill here proceed to describe the construction and operation of the same, which is as follows, to wit:

A, Figs. 1 and r2, is a chair, suchV as is in ordinary use. B, same figures, is a deskor table, of any size, shape, and construction deemed-best. J To the 'under side of said desk I attach the arm C by any manner of iiexiblev joint'deemed best. At the other end of said arm G is' a ball, I), which plays freely within the -socket E, which is'secu'rely fastened to the, side or arm of the chair A. The said arm G and ball and socket D and 4E may be made of any metal or material that may b'e required.'

F, Figs. 3 and 5,; is a projection on the un' der side of the' desk B, having'a slot or recess in the same, through which the arm C passes when the desk is jin a position favorable for use, and is for` the purpese of steadying and l supporting the said desk B in such position.

The socket E is constructed with a slot, K, in the same, so that when thearm Cprojects outward from the chai A it will fall downward, thus bringing the desk in the position i shown at Fig. 2.V

'H, Fig. 1, shows a drawer, which may be'` placed under the said chair A for convenience in keeping writing materials, books, 85e. kThe said desk or tableB, may, if desired, be tted up as a toilet-table, having .therein a looking-` glass, '&c., as shown at Fig. 4. y

By these means I am .enabled to construct a combined chair and desk that can be used for writing and other purposes when in the position shown at Fig.1; or, when it is not desired to use the said desk B, it may be dropped down by the side of the chair, substantially as shown at Fig. 2, and fully hereiubefore vdescribed and set forth.

Having thus described the nature of my said4 invention and improvements, what I claim as my inven tion,and desire to `secure by 'Letters Patent of the United States, is.

The combination of the chair A, desk or table B, with the arm C, and "ballando-socket joint D E, each being constructed, arranged, y and combined substantially in the mannef'" 

